Yordanis Arencibia Verdecia (born January 24, 1980) is a

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. At the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

he won the bronze medal in the men's half-lightweight (66 kg) category, together with Georgi Georgiev of Bulgaria. He also won the bronze medal at the

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with Pak Chol-Min of North Korea. He has also won bronze medals at the

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and

2003 World Judo Championships The 2003 World Judo Championships were the 23rd edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in Osaka, Japan 11–15 September 2003. On the last day of competition, team events were held, as France won the men's team event and Japan wo ...

References

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Videos of Yordanis Arencibia
(judovision.org)

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* 1980 births Living people Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1999 Pan American Games Judoka at the 2003 Pan American Games Judoka at the 2007 Pan American Games Olympic judoka of Cuba Olympic bronze medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cuban male judoka Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in judo Universiade medalists in judo Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Universiade silver medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in judo Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 21st-century Cuban people {{Cuba-judo-bio-stub